Mahabharata (IV)
- Langue:
- anglais
- État:
- Œuvre complète
- Paternité:
- Attribuée (paternité débattue)
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- Texte propre
- Étendue:
- ~520 000 mots · 2 486 passages
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- APAMahābhārata. (n.d.). Mahabharata (IV). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli
- MLAMahābhārata. "Mahabharata (IV)." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
- ChicagoMahābhārata. Mahabharata (IV). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
De quoi il s'agit
Les six derniers livres : la suite des instructions de Bhishma, le sacrifice du cheval, la retraite des anciens dans la forêt, la ruine du clan de Krishna et l'ultime chemin vers la montagne.
Contexte et histoire
Le poème ne s'achève pas sur la victoire mais sur sa liquidation : les vainqueurs restent seuls, les proches de Krishna s'entretuent dans une rixe d'ivrognes, et Yudhishthira monte à la montagne pour y mourir, suivi d'un chien qui refuse de le quitter. L'épisode du chien est la fin dont la tradition se souvient le mieux, et il se lit comme le jugement que le poème porte sur tout ce qu'il a raconté. Traduction de Ganguli, 1883-1896.
Contexte éditorial, non une source citable : contrairement aux passages de l'œuvre, ces données ne peuvent pas être vérifiées dans le corpus.
Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [1883-1896] Scanned at sacred-texts.com, 2005. Proofed by John Bruno Hare, January 2005. THE MAHABHARATA ANUSASANA PARVA PART I SECTION I (Anusasanika Parva) OM! HAVING BOWED down unto Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and unto the goddess Saraswati, must the word Jaya be uttered. "'Yudhishthira said, "O grandsire, tranquillity of mind has been said to be subtile and of diverse forms. I have heard all thy discourses, but still tranquillity of mind has not been mine. In this matter, various means of quieting the mind have been related (by thee), O sire, but how can peace of mind be secured from only a knowledge of the different kinds of tranquillity, when I myself have been the instrument of bringing about all this? Beholding thy body covered with arrows and festering with bad sores, I fail to find, O hero, any peace of mind, at the thought of the evils I have wrought. Beholding thy body, O most valiant of men, bathed in blood, like a hill overrun with water from its springs, I am languishing with grief even as the lotus in the rainy season. What can be more painful than this, that thou, O grandsire, hast been brought to this plight on my account by my people fighting against their foes on the battle-field? Other princes also, with their sons and kinsmen, having met with destruction on my account, alas, what can be more painful than this. Tell us, O prince, what destiny awaits us and the sons of Dhritarashtra, who, driven by fate and anger, have done this abhorrent act. O lord of men, I think the son of Dhritarashtra is fortunate in that he doth not behold thee in this state. But I, who am the cause of thy death as well as of that of our friends, am denied all peace of mind by beholding thee